A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.